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Stanley B. Prusiner discovered prions, which are small protein particles that can cause neurodegenerative diseases by changing their shape from a normal form (PrPc) to an infectious disease-causing form (PrPSc). Prusiner was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this discovery of a new biological principle of infection by proteins alone. Prions are highly resistant to heat, UV light, and degradation by enzymes. They can cause neurodegenerative diseases like scrapie in sheep, kuru in hum

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Dominic Narang

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